Mexico beating the U.S. men’s soccer team was a really big deal for the people of Santa Ana, and of course a lot of our residents came out into the streets to celebrate.
The O.C. Register reported that “Nearly 50 police officers spent hours on Saturday night dispersing a massive crowd on one of the city’s busiest streets following Mexico’s come-from-behind 4-2 win over the United States in the final of the Concacaf Gold Cup in Pasadena.”
Apparently, “more than 4,000 people flooded Bristol Street between Edinger Avenue and McFadden Avenue, cheering and celebrating Mexico’s win and waving Mexican flags,” according to SAPD Cmdr. Steve Colon.
But you know what? There were no reports of arrests or violence.
Contrast that with what happened when the San Francisco Giants won the World Series last year – the mayhem surrounding the San Francisco Giants’ World Series victory burned up on Twitter, Facebook, Twitpic and Flickr. It even had a mayor on Foursquare, and it had two Twitter hashtags. #SFRiots and #SFRiot, according to the Los Angeles Times.
And when the L.A. Lakers beat Boston last year, another riot erupted, according to the Christian Science Monitor.
Of course many of the Register’s readers erupted with racist comments. And as one would expect, Thomas Gordon showed up to. Who is Gordon? He ran for Santa Ana Mayor a few years back, and failed to qualify for the ballot last year as a City Council candidate in Ward 6. Now he is part of former Santa Ana Council Member Tom Lutz’ anti-soccer coalition of NIMBYs and Usual Suspects.
Here is what the O.C. Register reported with regard to Gordon: “Later, between 10 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., police wearing helmets and carrying batons used bullhorns to disperse the crowd at McFadden and Bristol, said Thomas Gordon, a Santa Ana resident who took the photo below. Some in the crowd were setting off fireworks, and more than two dozen patrol cars were at the scene, Gordon said.”
The best part of Gordon’s lame “reporting” was the on the scene picture he took, of two cops talking and NOTHING GOING ON. Click here to see the Register’s article, Gordon’s picture and a slew of racist comments by the Register’s readers.
(Note to Gordon: I have the day off today so please don’t bother filing another complaint with my employer).
But they Register’s readers weren’t the only racists to attack Mexican soccer fans. Dozens of white sports columnists ripped the fans who attended the match between the U.S. and Mexico, because the fans cheered for Mexico.
How crazy is that? Of course the Mexican soccer fans cheered for their Motherland. Yankees fans always cheer for the Bronx Bombers when the Yankees visit the Angels. So what? Folks will cheer the team they love – and the U.S. soccer team just plain sucks.
Bill Plaschke, at the L.A. Times, was one of the few columnists who got it right, “How many places are so diverse that it could fill football stadiums with folks whose roots are somewhere else? How many places offer such a freedom of speech that someone can display an American flag on their porch one day and cheer against the flag the next?” Bravo Bill!
Mexicans should be proud of the Mexican soccer team. And Americans who don’t like that should push for the firing of the American team’s coach – and wholesale changes to the team. Recruiting more Mexican American players would be a good start.
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Your distain for your own country is typical of liberals who have no idea what it is like not be American and your over the top love fest for a people who would rather see the back of you on a ship to Europe is baffling to say the least!
Only 132,274, wow out of 20 million that's kinda surprising of them not to show up to see a Mexican beat the crap of one of the people they most hate!
You sure are the perfect example of a liberal metrosexual!!!! Don't tell me you can salsa too!!! lol
Quinn,
Rooting for Julio Cesar Chavez is in no way an example of disdain for my country. Sadly your disdain for Latino's is typical of so many conservatives.
Your claim that illegal Mexican immigrants are flooding the welfare rolls indicates just how little you know. People in the country illegally are not getting welfare checks and food stamps, legal immigrants like you and citizens are the only ones eligible.
I can't remember ever seeing a Mexican immigrant begging for money or food, just a job to earn his keep. You are such a hate filled evil person Quinn. I hope God has mercy upon you.
#1 I am not a conservative, I am an independent. I don't have a distain for latino's, I have a distain for welfare and bad behavior...I can't stand the fact that Mexicans, are parading up the street with American flags one day, then boo the flag when they have a chance...It tell's a lot about the character of the people, does it not? I have no distain for any human being, just a mild contempt of idiocy!
Oh, for god sake Sean, don't spin me a big flipping lie...Most of the welfare recipients a lone in Orange County are Mexican, LA....well what do YOU think? We have 12% of the population here and 34% of welfare recipients...Shall we talk about the roll call for Caloptima....You are so full of it!!!!
They don't have to beg for money or food, they only need to go into social service and pick up food stamps etc.....American Citizens can t get welfare as easy as an illegal Alien from Central America...Believe me that SAVE program is not used in Orange County ....
Evil....shall I send some pea soup your way???? And I bet you think that the taliban are freedom fighters! Wise up Metro boy and get out of the wee bubble you incase yourself in!
You're just mad that I'm a little woman who can chew you up and spit ya out! :0) I also cant stand Politically correct brown noser's...Yuck!
Oh, yeah...God love's the sinners more and I am a sinner, but god smiles every time I kick some brats butt:0)
Michelle,
Repeating the same lies over and over again does not make them true. The only truth is that you are a hateful bigot and it is easy for you to be that hiding behind your keyboard. So sad!!
Quinn,
In order to educate yourself to the facts as to who can legally receive food stamps/CalFresh benefits all you need to do is visit the programs website: http://www.calfresh.ca.gov/PG841.htm
Undocumented immigrants are not eligible to receive such benefits.
Yeah ok Mill, as if people don't know that the ADULT in line with the Calfresh card is not the American child!
Also Mill, to curb the fatness developing all though out Santa Ana, maybe Calfresh needs to be more fresh and not pure lard, since Calfresh does not mean the fatso parents won't buy the chips and dip with food stamps!
wise up, and get a clue!
Can you change your name to Shaun please...attach yourself to England!